Connelly ordered Swope to serve the prison term on charges of burglary, simple assault, theft and access device fraud in connection with the unusual break-in committed on Aug. 22, 2012, in an occupied room at the Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel.

He also ordered Swope to serve an additional one to three years in state prison in connection with an unrelated corruption of minors charge that he improperly touched a 17-year-old girl in August 2012 in an Erie residence.

Swope apologized, and Connelly credited him for pleading guilty to the crimes.

But the judge said the crime had a lasting, possibly permanent, effect on the burglary victim.

Court records indicate that she had returned to her hotel room after dining with colleagues, got undressed, got into bed and fell asleep. She woke about an hour later to find Swope trying to crawl into bed with her. When she told him to leave, he pushed her back on the bed and fled.

Swope then used the woman's debit card to make $58.90 in purchases at a Country Fair store and $76.25 in purchases at a Circle K store, according to court records.

Connelly said the woman, a Maryland resident, had traveled to Erie on business. He said she told him that she chose to quit her job, which she enjoyed, because it required so much travel.

"She does not feel safe," Connelly said.

Connelly also noted that Swope had a lengthy prior record dating back to 1981, which affected the state sentencing guidelines for his case.

"Nothing has rehabilitated you," he said.

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